The Government proposes to take forward the proposals of the Deer Working Group (see previous issues of Mountain Views) by using secondary legislation to amend the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996. This is a quicker and easier route than introducing new primary legislation, and they are currently consulting on the detailed wording. We expect the amendments to be in place later this year.
Based on the work of NatureScot outlined above, we are not optimistic!
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